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Assateague
State: VA
Year established: 1833
Latitude: 37 deg 54
min 40 sec N
Longitude: 75 deg 21
min 22 sec W
Height above sea level: 154 feet Original construction:
45-foot high stone tower Rebuilds:
 1867: present 142-foot conical brick tower with red and white bands
Status:
automated in 1965; active aid to navigation in National Wildlife Refuge
Light characteristic:
two white flashes every 5 seconds, visible for 22 nautical miles
More information:
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/assat.htm
http://chinco.fws.gov/history.htm#Assateague%20Lighthouse:
http://www.assateague.org/plover/2-98-c.html
U.S. Department of Homeland Security / United States Coast Guard, Light List, Volume 2 Atlantic Coast, Shrewsbury River, New Jersey to
Little River, South Carolina, (Washington, DC: GPO, 2004), p. 3
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